Yes, International Paper once operated a paper mill in Moss Point, MS until it was shut in 2001. The MSE remains family owned and that it's thrived since is a testament to caring and intelligent management.
I think RJ Corman operates a stub of the LV main into the area and NS runs the CNJ mainline, which continues north. Yes, everything else is indeed gone.
Has not seen a train there in a while... Note the type of signal. (I believe this might have been made by Griswold?) The stub piece in it's middle, above the "2", once had a Stop sign bolted on. When the signal circuit activated, the sign would rotate to face vehicle traffic. BTW- The "Stop" sign was originally the old yellow style. That type preceded the red version many only know today.
The Spirit of Progress was Australia's first streamlined train. It ran between Melbourne and Albury and was the first all air conditioned train in what was at that time the entire United Kingdom in 1937.
Went out today to find NS's PC Heritage Unit, but couldn't get close to it. Along with poor lighting, all I was able to get were these. Maybe it'll stay around and I'll have another chance this weekend.
IAIS 152, BNSF 6936 westbound on the XSISA. Oxford, IA. (at Oxford, Iowa) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I agree. NS didn't have to reach deep into the paint inventory for the 1073. I have a secret love affair with the PC. I'm not old enough to have known the PRR firsthand, but I do recall the PC on family vacations east. The PC era closed out traditions of 40' boxcars, jointed rail, manned interlocking towers, weed-choked branchlines running everywhere, cabooses, pre-Amtrak passenger trains, electrified freight, an eclectic mix of locomotives and so many other legacies. PC represented the low water mark in American railroading, but there was something cool about it all.
Nope. I have seen these in action. The MILW had some in Tacoma, WA. A favorite memory is seeing one on the climb up TE Gulch, heading southward.
The PRR's fortress-inspired IA Tower at Allegrippus, PA once stood at McGinleys Curve at the western end of Horseshoe Curve. This photo was taken in the 1890s by William Rau before the line was four tracked. That signal looks to be precariously placed.
I finally got out and managed to take a few snaps (all in the Golden area). The one nice thing about US 44 is that it parallels the Coors Branch for a bit, so when the local is out, it's easy to get some decent views.
@LegomanBill - I railfan that every trip I take for work to Boulder. Here's my most recent video (From last winter):
Riding the Taieri Gorge Railway out of Dunedin, New Zealand on the South Island. They recycled old rail sections to make telegraph poles.
I wonder if anyone has ever tried to model track pans? It'd sure be a conversation starter. I wonder how they kept these thawed in winter? Surely a maintenance headache in any weather.
